Role of microplastics in the tumor microenvironment (Review)
- Authors:
- Yunjie Chen
- Zihang Zhang
- Kangming Ji
- Qiuchen Zhang
- Lijun Qian
- Chuang Yang
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Affiliations: Breast Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China, Department of Radiology, The Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, P.R. China, Department of Geriatric Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China - Published online on: February 21, 2025 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2025.14939
- Article Number: 193
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Copyright: © Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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